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THE NEW FOREST. Its Traditions, Inhabitants, and Customs. By Rose C. de Crespigny and Horace Hutchinson. With a Photogravure Frontispiece and other Illustrations, and a Map. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
"Brightly written by those who know the subject well, it is the most readable little work concerning one of England's best heritages that is known to us."—Country Life.
THE LIFE OF JOHN NICHOLSON, Soldier and Administrator. By Captain Lionel J. Trotter. With Portrait and 3 Maps. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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STANLEY'S LIFE OF ARNOLD. With Preface by Sir Joshua Fitch. With Portrait and Illustrations. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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LUX MUNDI. A Series of Studies in the Religion of the Incarnation. By various writers. Edited by Charles Gore, D.D., Bishop of Birmingham. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF CANTERBURY. By the late Arthur P. Stanley, Dean of Westminster. With Plans and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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MAINE'S ANCIENT LAW. This is the only complete and copyright edition of Sir Henry Maine's Standard Work. Demy 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
ENGLISH BATTLES AND SIEGES IN THE PENINSULA. By Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Napier, K.C.B. With Portrait. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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LETTERS FROM HIGH LATITUDES. Being some Account of a Voyage in 1856, in the Schooner Yacht Foam, to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen. By the late Marquess of Dufferin. With Portrait and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
"It is spiced with the spirit of romance and adventure of the sea and of literature, and is one of the most delightful works of travel ever written."—Scotsman.
THE LION HUNTER OF SOUTH AFRICA. Five Years' Adventure in the Far Interior of South Africa. With Notices of the Native Tribes and Savages. By Roualeyn Gordon Cumming. With 16 Woodcuts. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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A HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR, 1779-1783. With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times. By John Drinkwater, Captain in the Seventy-second Regiment, or Royal Manchester Volunteers. With Plans. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
THE ROB ROY ON THE JORDAN. A Canoe Cruise in Palestine, Egypt, and the Waters of Damascus. By John Macgregor, M.A., Captain of the Royal Canoe Club. With Maps and Illustrations. Large crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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THE PERSONAL LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE. Chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the possession of his Family. By William Garden Blaikie, D.D., LL.D. With Portrait and Map. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.
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